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I AM BRITT

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” Anne Lamott Writing a book is hard. Even when you feel like it’s your life’s goal and purpose. Even when you love writing. It has still been a pretty epic quest […]

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Inspire Me

Lady Stuff:Burn the Bras

Mom's Mental Health

Why I Keep Sharing The Story Of My Rape

Trigger warning: Sexual assault. At 13 years old, I was the silliest, chubbiest tomboy. I excelled at sports, friendship, and having a unibrow. I was awkward, but to be fair, it helped me to develop my kind, fun-loving personality. Boys weren’t lining up at my locker. Okay, actually, they were. They lined up to ask […]

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Parenting

Positive Mind, Positive Life

CONSTRUCTION ZONE: MOM Cave Dreaming

Spring has sprung. We finally don’t have an infant! Time to get going on giving our house plans some love! It’s been loud. We’ve got walls on walls on walls…. Built by Grandad INC. and all sorts […]

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Scary Mommy

When I was 15 months pregnant with Ben it was June and hot. Since it was our first human, I had no other responsibilities in my life. I just had to go to work and then lay in my air conditioned bedroom for the rest of the time. Well leaving sometimes to get in the […]

Detour Mom Blog Writing

I have some blog topics I’d like to write about. But my boys can smell productivity. If I’m drinking coffee and sitting in the sun, they will play nicely together and be the awesome. If I open my lap top in that same lawn chair, they smell blood. Smudgy starts screaming in the gate play […]